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if no speciality be mentioned about liberation. But there is speciality. Hence the exception is stated in the next sutra.
अन्यत्रकेवलसम्यक्त्वज्ञानदर्शनसिद्धत्वेभ्यः Anyatra kevalasamyaktvajñānadarśanasiddhatvebhyaḥ (4) 4. Other than infinite faith, infinite knowledge, Infinite perception and infinite perfection.
What is indicated by 'other than'? It means that this rule (of destruction or absence) applies to all psychical factors other than infinite faith, infinite knowledge, infinite perception and infinite perfection.
If these four characteristics alone remain with the liberated soul, it would lead to the denial of infinite energy etc. But it is not so. The concomitant characteristics of knowledge and perception such as infinite energy also remain in liberated souls. For without infinito energy there can be no infinite knowledge, and bliss is of the nature of knowledge:
It is contended that there are no emancipated souls, as they have no forms. But it is not so. They have the forms of their last bodies.
If the soul is of the extent of the body, then in the absence of the body, the soul will expand to the extent of the universe, as the soul is as extensive as the universe with regard to space-points. But it is not so, as there is no cause for it. The expansion or contraction of the soul is determined by the body-making karmas. And in the absence of the physiquemaking karmas, there is neither expansion nor contraction.
If there is no expansion or contraction in the absence of cause, then there would be no movement upwards without cause, just as there is no movement downwards or sideways. So the emancipated soul would remain at the place of emancipation. This doubt is cleared in the next sutra.
तदनन्तरमूद्ध गच्छत्यालोकान्तात् Tadanantaramūrddhvar gacchatyälokāntät (5) 5. Immediately after that the soul darts up to the end of the universe. · Immediately after it. After what? Immediately after
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